Land registry helps Conveyancing Solicitors in London provide faster Conveyancing

Late in 2010 Conveyancing Solicitors in London handled the sale of a home on Manchester Road, London, E14 for the owners, Mr and Mrs M. Their Conveyancer was Gemma Farguson. As soon as she received the sales details from the agents, Lourdes, of 94-96 Three Colt Street, Limehouse, London E14 8AP  http://www.lourdes-estates.com/ she checked with the land registry for information about the registered title.

The sellers owned the property on a 999 year leasehold. A copy of the lease therefore had to be obtained and sent to the Conveyancing Solicitors in London acting for the buyers. In the past that would have involved obtaining the owners' title deeds.

If the deeds were being held by a mortgage lender then an application would have to be made for the loan of them pending completion. Otherwise sellers would have to find the documents, or authorise their bank to forward them. In either case there would usually be several days delay before the Conveyancing Solicitors in London received the documents, which would then all have to be copied.

Electronic download of documents saves days

Nowadays most residential properties are registered with the land registry, so all that is necessary is for Property Lawyers to access the registry's e-portal and copies of the register and documents such as leases can be downloaded in seconds.

Gemma was therefore quickly able to obtain the papers she required and email these to the Conveyancing Solicitors acting for the buyers, Meaby and Co., of 2 Camberwell Church Street, London SE5 8QY. This enabled the Conveyancing work to proceed quickly, and contracts were soon exchanged with completion taking place just before the Christmas holidays.

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